Guy who owned BernieSanders.com gave it to Bernie for free. [View all]

[JaneyVee]

Bernie Sanders didn’t have to pay a dime for BernieSanders.com.

The self-described socialist senator from Vermont and Democratic presidential candidate managed to get a hold of the domain name for just a quick meeting with the Massachusetts man who bought it for $2,500 early last year, CNN reported on Friday. 

The story stands in stark opposition to the high prices — both literal and figurative — other presidential candidates have had to pay over domain names this year, and is indicative of the grassroots support Sanders will need to exploit in his bid for the White House.

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Sanders, meanwhile, just had to put in a little bit of face time with a fan.

"I was worried that somebody would buy it and redirect it to BernieSucks.com or something like that,” 53-year-old property developer Paul Joffee thought when he saw BernieSanders.com was available, he told CNN. 

Joffe purchased the website, and initially had it redirect to Sanders’s Senate website. Last April, though, he gladly offered it up to the senator’s political action committee, asking only to get a little face time with Sanders.

Link: http://thehill.com/policy/technology/241423-sanders-paid-nothing-for-berniesanderscom